AdminJun 10, 20193 min readChief Justice frees 26 inmates in EbonyiJustice Alloy Nwankwo, the Chief Judge of Ebonyi on Monday in Abakaliki freed 26 awaiting trial inmates of the Abakaliki prisons in a...
AdminMay 22, 20192 min readOyo Chief Judge frees 51 prison inmates, gives reasonsThe Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, on Tuesday, freed no fewer than 51 inmates from the Agodi Prison in Ibadan. The...
AdminMar 21, 20191 min readPresidential committee releases 21 inmates from Edo prison [See names]The Presidential Committee on Prisons Reforms and Decongestion has released additional 21 convicted inmates in Oko Minimum Prison at...
AdminJun 4, 20181 min readMinna prison break: 180 inmates escaped, 30 recapturedFollowing combined efforts of the Nigerian Prisons Service and other security agencies in Niger state, 30 inmates who escaped from the...
AdminMay 12, 20182 min read78 percent inmates in Anambra Prisons awaiting trial – ControllerMr. Emmanuel Nwakaeze, Controller of the Anambra Command of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) says that seventy-eight percent of the...
AdminMar 15, 20182 min read68 percent inmates awaiting trial nationwide, 2,322 on death row – PRAWANo fewer than 68 percent of prison inmates are awaiting trial, the Prison Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), has revealed. PRAWA,...
AdminNov 9, 20171 min readKogi CJ frees 5 inmates, warns judges not to adjourn criminal cases beyond 2 weeksChief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasiru Ajanah, has released no fewer than five awaiting-trial inmates. Those freed include a female...
AdminSep 18, 20152 min readFCT CJ frees 24 inmates on health, age groundsJustice Ishaq Bello, the FCT Chief Judge (CJ), on Thursday in Abuja freed 24 inmates on health and age grounds from the Kuje Prisons. The...
AdminNov 3, 20142 min readGunmen invade Kogi Prison, set 144 inmates freeThe state Controller of prison, Mr Adams Omale, told newsmen on Monday that the prison came under attack of armed “external forces’’...
AdminMar 15, 20131 min readSuspected Boko Haram members break into prison in Borno, sets inmates freeA huge number of Gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Islamic group, Boko Haram were said to have attacked a Prison in Gwoza...
